sananda

Myth V.S Legend

Myth-a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, esp. one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. Legend-a non-historical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical. Now whats the difference between the two? Both belong to a realm/surreal world, with no rules or limits. Both are not proven right or wrong, and both can be stories passed down by generations of humans. I believe there is no difference, what I think is that myth is just a branch coming off the root of legend.



Fairy tale V.S Fable

A Fairy tale usually is a story, read to children, that involves mythical creatures such as dragons, fairies, etc. A fable, like a fairy tale is read to children, but has a moral at the end of the story, and instead of involving mythical creatures, it involves animals such as bunny's, mice, etc. For example, when I was a little kid I would always listen to the coyote tales, which would usually end with a moral like, that's why coyotes have black noses, or something like that.